[Vocabulary] Hemingway's nickname "Oinbones"

[Eway]

Dear Teachers,

I read about Ernest Heminway's nickname "Oinbones" in The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. I'd like to know if "Oinbones" means anything in English. Is there an allusion to this word?

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[Raymott]

Dear Teachers,

I read about Ernest Heminway's nickname "Oinbones" in The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. I'd like to know if "Oinbones" means anything in English. Is there an allusion to this word?

:-?

Not to me. It's strange that the book mentions it without explaining it.